Its story

HIP 253 has a visual magnitude of about 6.13: it usually needs binoculars or a small telescope, especially from light-polluted sites.

Equatorial coordinates for HIP 253: right ascension 0h 3m 8s, declination −24° 8′ 43″ (J2000), in the region of the Sculptor constellation (IAU figure Scl).

HIP 253. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 253, HD 225069, Gaia DR3 2336658441785724672. In the SkyKeepsake Sculptor (Scl) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.